Sash holder



' Feb.. 1o, 1925. 1 1,526,111

E. T. BATES v. sAsH Homan Filed Feb. 24. 1922 Z /V Z'EAES //YESSES IN VEN TOR.

Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES ELON T. BATES, OF SAR-NIA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SASH HOLDER,

Application filed February 24, 1922.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ELON T. Barns, a subject of the King of England, residing at Sarnia, Province of Gntario, and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useit'ul Improvements in Sash Holders, ot' which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to sash holders the primary object being to provide a device of simple construction which may be conveniently associated with standard window sashes and used to lock the latter from movement, either when the sashes are closed, or when they are only partially open.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a device of this character which will not cucumber the window; which is positive in its operation; and which will in no way interfere with i'ree movement of the window sashes when the latter are desired to be moved by a person inside the building.

The above and other objects of this invention will be in part described and in part understood from the 'following description of the present preferred embodiment of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1, is a side elevational view of a sash holder constructed in accordance with this invention illustrating its application.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view oi' the device.

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the holder showing to advantage the front tace thereof, and

Fig. 4, is a similar view showing to advantage the rear face ot the holder and the locking roller.

In the drawings, in order to illustrate the application of this invention a lower window sash 5 is shown which is associated with an upper window sash 6 in a manner well known in the art.

The sash holder consists of a frame generally designated 7 which is comprised of two metal straps. One of these straps has one end 8 thereof engaged with the upper end of the lower sash 5, the opposite terminal of the strap being bent upwardly at an obtuse angle and bifurcated to provide branches 9. Each of these branches has its outer face corrugated or roughened as indicated at 10. 4The opposite strap has one end 11 thereof engaged with the upper face ot the opposite strap end 8 and is prefer- Seral No. 539,009.

ably riveted thereto as indicated at 12. The body of the second named strap extends upwardly at an inclination and has its upper terminal rolled over the upper terminals of the branches 9. Uien the plates are arranged in this way a substantially V-shaped structure is provided, as shown to advantage in Fig. 1. The frame is secured to the upper face of the lower window sash 5 by screws 13 which pass through the strap ends 8 and 11.

A handle 14 is arranged through a slot formed in the inclined portion of the top strap of the frame. One end of said handle bases between the branches 9 ot the lower strap and is convoluted on a central reduced portion 15, of a locking roller 16. The ends of said roller beyond the reduced portion thereof are corrugated or roughened to complement the corrugations 10 of the branches 9 and are adapted to intermesh therewith. The opposite or outer end of the handle is curved to provide a linger engaging portion which overhangs the base portion 11 of the upper strap. Consequently the roller 16 may be elevated by Vmerely pressing downwardly upon the curved portion of said handle.

Vthen this device is in use it will assume the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which position the roller is shown gravitated on t-he trame 7 to a point where it is in contact with the front face of the sash. It is apparent that it an attempt should be made to raise the lower sash or to lower the upper sash, the roller will be caused to wedge between the upper sash and the corrugated branches 9 of the frame 7 with obvious results. Especial emphasis is laid upon the corrugations of the roller and branches 9 which positively eliminate danger' of slippage of the window sash across the roller. By providing the corrugations a doubly positive lock is provided since, lirst, the corrugations of the roller intermesh with the corrugations oi' the branches 9V and, secondly, if undue pres sure is exerted upon the upper sash the corrugations will bite into the window sash. Under normal conditions the holder will retain the sashes in a. fixed position without in any way marring them. Of course, when it is desired to move either ot the sashes it is only necessary to operate the handle 14 in a manner above described.

Various changes may be made in this device especially in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit an-d scope of the invention as covered by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A sash holder, comprising a `frame formed of a pair of plates one of which has one end thereof engaged With the top of the lower sash and the opposite end turned up- `Wardly at an angle to the latter, the other plate having one end thereof superimposed on the rst plate and its opposite end bent upwardly at an angle and its margin rolled over the upper margin of the first plate, means securing said plates together and engaging the same With said lower sash, and

a roller carried by the angular portions of said plates for engagement with the upper Window sash.

2. A sash holder', comprising a frame consisting of a` pair of plates mounted on the inner Window sash one of Which is bifur- Cated and the other provided With a Slot, a corrugated roller carried by sai-d frame and equipped with an operating handle engageaole through said bifurcation and slot, the branches of said bifurcation being corrugated to mesh With said roller substantiall)Y as described.

ln testimony whereoi1 I aiX my signature in presence oi' two Witnesses.

ELON T. BATES.

Titnesses CLARENCE T. MURPHEY. ERMA F. HAMMETT. 

